The Woodhouse Sanctum of Massa Peccati is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 24.791 billion Massa Peccatians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 50.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Massa Peccatian economy, worth a remarkable 1,297 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,324 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Foragers descend on national cemeteries for 'all-you-can-dig-up' extravaganzas, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Massa Peccati flights to avoid the pay lavatories, and internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Massa Peccati's national animal is the ^-^, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Massa Peccati is ranked 169,091^st in the world and 1^st in Communist Party for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.38 law-abiding acts per hour.